Posted on 11/19/2006 2:56:44 PM PST by HAL9000
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a speech aired Sunday urged his supporters and anti-Syrian allies to be "psychologically" ready for street protests to demand for a national unity government.But Nasrallah, who did not set a date for the demonstrations, warned that the protests should be peaceful and avoid riots.
"We have to be psychologically prepared to take to the streets because we may send for you 24 hours ahead or 12 hours or even 6 hours (in advance)," Nasrallah threatened.
"There has to be a patriotic opposition in the street … our action is peaceful and civilized," Nasrallah assured in a taped speech aired on Hizbullah's Al Manar television station.
"We don't want riots. We won't allow any clash or confrontation with the other (anti-Syrian) street," he said amidst frequent applause from his supporters. "We want to respect private and public properties."
Nasrallah also offered two alternatives to end Lebanon's political catastrophe – the resignation of Premier Fouad Saniora's government or early parliamentary elections.
"There are two solutions to resolve the crisis -- either the resignation of the government or early parliamentary elections," Nasrallah said in the speech addressed to a huge gathering of Hizbullah supporters on Saturday.
Lebanon's crippling political impasse was aggravated after the resignations of six pro-Syrian cabinet ministers, including two from Hizbullah, which is still basking in its "victory" over Israel in a month-long summer war.
Hizbullah and its pro-Damascus allies are demanding a greater say in the government, which has been dominated by an anti-Syrian coalition since elections last year.
Nasrallah accused the United States of "dictating" the anti-Syrian government of Premier Fouad Saniora.
"We cannot have any confidence in this government because it answers to the decisions and wishes of the American administration," he said.
Addressing Saniora's government, Nasrallah said: "We will not allow you to continue ruling this country, because you are an American government."
"We want a national unity government in which all political sects take part and block external dictations ... and you will find out that we will not differ with you over primary issues," he added.
Nasrallah denied his group was trying to block the formation of an international tribunal.
"The authority team today is in a state of weakness and feel a huge defeat as the result of the last Israeli war in Lebanon," he said.
His speech comes amid mounting political and sectarian tensions in Lebanon in the wake of Hizbullah's 34-day war with Israel last summer.
Hizbullah has demanded that Lebanon form a national unity government that would give it veto power over major decisions. But negotiations among groups collapased last week, prompting the resignation of the pro-Syrian ministers.
Another source of tension is a draft agreement between the U.N. and the Lebanese government to establish an international tribunal to prosecute the suspected killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The U.N. Security Council is expected to discuss the draft on Monday.
The Lebanese government last week approved the draft agreement. But it was met with opposition from the country's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud, who said the government lacks legitimacy after the ministers resigned.
Hariri was killed with 22 others in a suicide truck bombing in February 2005. The assassination sparked huge protests against Syria, which was widely seen as culpable.
Hopefully there's a drone or two with his name on it.
" warned that the protests should be peaceful and avoid riots. "
Ya, keeping ragtops from rioting is like keeping gravity from acting!
This is an ominous development. Considering the rise of the US Democrats, Assad, Hizbollah, and Iran are feeling rightly emboldened. The Iraqis and Israelis better take this last US election as a wake up call. If anyone thinks the Democrats are bluffing about their intent to cut and run, they'd better ask the Cambodians, South Vietnamese, or the Cubans. The Liberals will desert a struggling ally and pour scorn and contempt on them as they suffer mass murder. They've done it before, they'll do it again given the chance. Never forget the boat people of South Vietnam, the genocide in Cambodia, or the boat people who flee Castro's Cuba if you need evidence of just how callous cut and run can be when our Liberal elites decide to abandon a people to the fate of the bullies they've lost the will to confront. Lebanon may be the first to feel the wrath of Liberalism's unintended consequences that its pusillanimity invites.
You know what would tickel the pee-pee outta me??? A bullet from a sky fired AK-47 hitting one of the middle east leaders in the top of the head and killing him daid!
"..."We have to be psychologically prepared to take to the streets because we may send for you 24 hours ahead or 12 hours or even 6 hours (in advance)," Nasrallah threatened..."
Hizbullah is getting ready for something, but I don't think it's 'Street Protests'. Looks like a rally for the troops. Stay well.............FRegards
Looks like you and Nasrallah have something in common....you both have a premonition that something big is "going down".
Sounds like a call for mob rule.
Looks like you and Nasrallah have something in common....you both have a premonition that something big is "going down".<<<
Well, not all of the muzzies are willing to die for amanutjob. Some of them have to realize that a wipe-job could happen in Iran, and they might as well be ready to 'fill-the-vacuum', should it occur.
Besides, they don't want any more people getting a taste of freedom. That's costing 'them' dearly in Iraq now. Stay well armed and safe.............FRegards
Israel needs to get "psychologically ready" to kill them in large numbers.
Guess that's too much to hope for.
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